Inspirational Quotes (Quotations)

This is my favourite quote

"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome" Samuel Johnson

I really love this one. I think that it just sums up innovation

"If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough." – Mario Andretti.

Here are a few more
"Do not go where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path and leave a trail". Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The important thing is not to stop questioning"
Albert Einstein

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover"
Mark Twain

"It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it." John Wooden

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another." Walter Elliott

"If at first you don’t succeed, you’re running about average." M.H. Alderson

"Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance." Dr. Samuel Johnson

"I want the future and I think we have to grab it." -John Kerry

The best quote source that I have found and been using for years in found at www.cybernation.com
It has a free softwarepackage that you can download with 40,000 quotes.

A GREAT SPEAKER IS FIRST A GREAT PERSON WHO HAPPENS TO SPEAK WELL – Socrates

Here are some great quotes dealing with fear. These could be quite easily applied to dealing with Presentation Nerves.

You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. – Unknown

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. – Eleanor Roosevelt

No man who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
– Sam Goldwyn

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears. – Rudyard Kipling

We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. – JFK

The first and great commandment is: Don’t let them scare you. – Elmer Davis

if you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.